If we were humble, nothing would change us - neither praise nor discouragement.
If someone were to criticize us, we would not feel discouraged.
If someone would praise us, we also would not feel proud.
~Mother Teresa
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From the great Mother I learnt that when I surrender myself completely to God and keep my mind focused on the truth of reality and to pray whole-heartedly, there is no need to search for the meaning of life. Because then life is full and complete, as I am living in the image of God.
It is better to give than to receive, better to love then to be loved and better understand than to be understood. God is not kept as a symbol, an object, a crucifix and a being that I know subjectively and neither is God what others dictate to be but is accepted and known ultimately as a presence in everything.
Not to what I think thou art but to what thou knowest thyself to be.
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